5.2.14 Adam a Presenter on IHR Music Awards
May 1, 2014 23:15:10 GMT -5
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Adam On The Red Carpet
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Presenting "Bastille"
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Adam Lambert: iHeartRadio Music Awards
POSTED ON MAY 1, 2014 • BY HALEY •
Adam Lambert is handsome in green as he attends the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on May 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
The American-idol alum, who has been starring on the fifth season of FOX’s ‘Glee’, topped his green tuxedo with stunner shades.
Adam introduced British group ‘Bastille,’ who performed their first-ever American hit, Pompeii.
In other related news, Adam is set to hit the road this summer with rock legends, Queen.
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"Don't Stop Me Now" (1979)
Written by Freddie Mercury
Released on Jazz November 10, 1978; single released January 5, 1979. A live version of the song was released on Live Killers 1979.
This is one of the Queen singles that increased in popularity over time. And it is a song that I hope in on the set list because it just seems perfect for Adam to sing right now.
I'm a shooting star / leaping through the sky,
Like a tiger / defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car / passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go / there's no stopping me
DSMN is an example of a song that was a hit in the UK but not in the US. In the UK "Don't Stop Me Now" was a top ten single (#9). In the US it was it languished at #86 and garnered little airplay. It was not any issue that US radio PDs had with Queen or lack of label support. Less than a year later in 1980, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” was a #1 hit on US radio, followed by another US radio #1 “Another One Bites The Dust” 7 months later. In 1980, Queen was #1 on the US chart for 7 weeks with two completely different songs.
My belief is that the musical taste in the US and the UK were very different from 1978 through the mid-1980’s.
It didn’t help that DSMN was on an album that got mixed reviews in the US, Jazz. Rolling Stone did not even bother to mention this song when the magazine panned the album in 1979.
Queen Jazz
By Dave Marsh
February 8, 1979
There's no Jazz on Queen's new record, in case fans of either were worried about the defilement of an icon. Queen hasn't the imagination to play jazz — Queen hasn't the imagination, for that matter, to play rock & roll. Jazz is just more of the same dull pastiche that's dominated all of this British supergroup's work: tight guitar/bass/drums heavy-metal clichés, light-classical pianistics, four-part harmonies that make the Four Freshmen sound funky and Freddie Mercury's throat-scratching lead vocals.
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Whatever its claims, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, "We Will Rock You," is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band. The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone would indulge these creeps and their polluting ideas.
Link to the entire review: www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/jazz-19790208#ixzz30Ws2gxji
By Dave Marsh
February 8, 1979
There's no Jazz on Queen's new record, in case fans of either were worried about the defilement of an icon. Queen hasn't the imagination to play jazz — Queen hasn't the imagination, for that matter, to play rock & roll. Jazz is just more of the same dull pastiche that's dominated all of this British supergroup's work: tight guitar/bass/drums heavy-metal clichés, light-classical pianistics, four-part harmonies that make the Four Freshmen sound funky and Freddie Mercury's throat-scratching lead vocals.
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Whatever its claims, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, "We Will Rock You," is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band. The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone would indulge these creeps and their polluting ideas.
Link to the entire review: www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/jazz-19790208#ixzz30Ws2gxji
Note: next time you feel like Adam is getting treated unfairly or his music is not respected, scratch the surface of any mega-artist and you will find great songs reject by radio PDs and reviewers who just did not get it. Thankfully, often time is the great equalizer and fad songs are forgotten while some great songs "don't stop".
Personnel
Freddie sings the lead vocals and the chorus was constructed with multitracked harmony vocals. The instrumental arrangement is built around Freddie's piano supported by John (base) and Roger (drums). On the studio version, Brian's only part is in his guitar solo, but on live versions performed on the band's 1979 Jazz and Crazy tours, Brian also played rhythm guitar throughout the rest of the song which made this more of a rock song.
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano
Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, tambourine, triangle, backing vocals
Produced by: Queen and Roy Thomas Baker
“Don't Stop Me Now” (Official Video)
youtu.be/HgzGwKwLmgM
Don't Stop Me Now (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1979)
youtu.be/9DCJ0k9n6uw
Other releases
The song also appeared in the band's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and in June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebration, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album.
“Don't Stop Me Now” Lyrics
youtu.be/IFUjwj_RB5o
Don't Stop Me Now
Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world turning inside out Yeah!
And floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now don't stop me
Because I'm having a good time having a good time
I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me
I'm burning through the sky Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now (because I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all
I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode
I'm burning through the sky Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you
Don't stop me don't stop me
Don't stop me hey hey hey!
Don't stop me don't stop me oooh oooh oooh (I like it)
Don't stop me don't stop me
Have a good time good time
Don't stop me don't stop me Ah
I'm burning through the sky, Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you
Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now (because I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all
But this song did not stop!
DSMN was used in TV commercials, TV and Film including the now-famous bar scene of the motion picture Shaun of the Dead and awareness of the song grew.
The iconic fight scene from Shaun of the Dead set to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".
youtu.be/W4tVH7BPb-Q
There are more covers of this song than I can list. But the “mine version” by David is one of the most entertaining:
David Armand (aka Johann Lippowitz) mimes Don't Stop Me Now by Queen on the BBC show Fast and Loose presented by Hugh Dennis
youtu.be/_ZwcXYZenX0
The song also became a karaoke favorite. Seriously, who can resist those lyrics! Certainly not gamers!
Super Mario Galaxy - Queen – “Don't Stop Me Now”
youtu.be/wOh968qao74
And then there is the amazing version done by the Belgian Navy. Bet you always wondered what the Belgium Navy did! Emm well I didn’t actually know that Belgium has a Navy!!
youtu.be/81ZLZGnRKL8
“Don't stop me now” Mr. Fahrenheit, AMAZING!!
There are many videos for this song, but this is one of the best!
youtu.be/qSSPs-ZtA3I
35 years later, DSMN is a "hit"!
Over time, DSMN was perceived of as a “hit” in the US even though that status was borrowed from the UK. Although DSMN was not a “hit” in the US, it was included on the Greatest Hits album released in 1992 just in the US. The 1992 Greatest Hits (Hollywood Records) included other tracks that were not hits in the US, including “Save Me” which was never even released as a single in the US. But the one non-hit from this album that maintained general awareness in the US is DSMN.
The current ranking of DSMN on Rate Your Music is #80 or 2,520 songs released in 1979. Recent reviews of DSMN went beyond the foolish genre snobbery of the later 1970’s and appreciate the exuberant brilliance of one of Freddie’s finest songs.
AllMusic review, recently written
This sprightly Freddie Mercury composition stands alongside "Bicycle Race" as one of Jazz’s most engaging songs. The lyrics are tailor-made for a concert setting as they present Mercury exhorting the listener to stand back while he struts his stuff: "Don’t stop me now/I’m having such a good time, I’m havin’ a ball/Don’t stop me now/If you wanna have a good time, just give me a call." The music captures the exuberance of the lyrics by marrying verses that slowly build into a frenzy of flowery melodic phrases to a punchy, sing-along chorus that takes the song’s energy through the roof. Queen’s recording of "Don’t Stop Me Now" is a model of energy and craft: it starts with Mercury singing over flowery piano lines and soon builds into stomping pop-rocker anchored by rumbling piano lines and cymbal-crashing drum work. Brian May contributes an exciting yet very fluid guitar solo and the band sweetens the chorus up with their exuberant vocal harmonies. The end result was a smart fusion of pop hooks and rock energy. While it never caught on as a single in the U.S., "Don’t Stop Me Now" became a top-ten hit in the U.K. and a long-time showstopper in Queen’s live set. It remains a favorite with Queen fans today thanks to its never-say-die exuberance.
Link: www.allmusic.com/song/dont-stop-me-now-mt0029065043
This sprightly Freddie Mercury composition stands alongside "Bicycle Race" as one of Jazz’s most engaging songs. The lyrics are tailor-made for a concert setting as they present Mercury exhorting the listener to stand back while he struts his stuff: "Don’t stop me now/I’m having such a good time, I’m havin’ a ball/Don’t stop me now/If you wanna have a good time, just give me a call." The music captures the exuberance of the lyrics by marrying verses that slowly build into a frenzy of flowery melodic phrases to a punchy, sing-along chorus that takes the song’s energy through the roof. Queen’s recording of "Don’t Stop Me Now" is a model of energy and craft: it starts with Mercury singing over flowery piano lines and soon builds into stomping pop-rocker anchored by rumbling piano lines and cymbal-crashing drum work. Brian May contributes an exciting yet very fluid guitar solo and the band sweetens the chorus up with their exuberant vocal harmonies. The end result was a smart fusion of pop hooks and rock energy. While it never caught on as a single in the U.S., "Don’t Stop Me Now" became a top-ten hit in the U.K. and a long-time showstopper in Queen’s live set. It remains a favorite with Queen fans today thanks to its never-say-die exuberance.
Link: www.allmusic.com/song/dont-stop-me-now-mt0029065043
In Hear This
by Marah Eakin Mar 3, 2014 11:00 AM
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. This week, in celebration of Mardi Gras, we’re picking songs we think could soundtrack our personal parades.
I wasn’t sure what I’d pick for this week’s theme when it came up. Some New Orleans brass band music? “Staying Alive”? Then I saw Paul Rudd’s outstanding lip-sync performance on The Tonight Show, and it just clicked. I had to go with Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” The 1979 single is defiant, rocking, and sets the perfect mood for my own personal parade, whatever that might mean.
While I’m not generally kept from having a good time, I especially like the message of the song: There’s no stopping me, because I’m going to do what I want, no matter what. It’s a little extreme, of course, but there’s something appealing about being “a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva,” or “floating around in ecstasy.” And while I’m not sure “I’m a sex machine ready to reload,” I just might be “a rocket ship on my way to Mars / on a collision course.” Even if I’m not, this song is so good—and Freddie Mercury is so compelling—that after a listen or two, the lyrics always have me pretty much convinced that I’m damn near invincible. It’s like I’m RuPaul strutting the runway and ready to work—and that’s a very good feeling.
Link: www.avclub.com/article/dont-stop-me-now-queen-set-beat-strutting-201694
by Marah Eakin Mar 3, 2014 11:00 AM
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. This week, in celebration of Mardi Gras, we’re picking songs we think could soundtrack our personal parades.
I wasn’t sure what I’d pick for this week’s theme when it came up. Some New Orleans brass band music? “Staying Alive”? Then I saw Paul Rudd’s outstanding lip-sync performance on The Tonight Show, and it just clicked. I had to go with Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” The 1979 single is defiant, rocking, and sets the perfect mood for my own personal parade, whatever that might mean.
While I’m not generally kept from having a good time, I especially like the message of the song: There’s no stopping me, because I’m going to do what I want, no matter what. It’s a little extreme, of course, but there’s something appealing about being “a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva,” or “floating around in ecstasy.” And while I’m not sure “I’m a sex machine ready to reload,” I just might be “a rocket ship on my way to Mars / on a collision course.” Even if I’m not, this song is so good—and Freddie Mercury is so compelling—that after a listen or two, the lyrics always have me pretty much convinced that I’m damn near invincible. It’s like I’m RuPaul strutting the runway and ready to work—and that’s a very good feeling.
Link: www.avclub.com/article/dont-stop-me-now-queen-set-beat-strutting-201694
This song could be a hit in 2014
Freddie is probably laughing at us all (in a good way) looking down from heaven right now. As we listen to this song and dance in our underwear, or sing alone with a video of Freddie pretending we are on stage strutting around, or use it for a zombie fight scene.
This and a number of other Freddie compositions could be produced for current hits radio tomorrow!
Katy Perry “Don't Stop Me Now” (2009)
youtu.be/Wah4rQqXhe4
My favorite cover of “Don’t Stop Me Now” - so far!
I am sure that QAL will play this on tour. (Brian, Roger, Adam, please do not disappoint me!!) I am equally certain that my favorite cover of DSMN is yet to come. In the meantime, this will do until QAL 2014. This video may not have the best song but the video captures the feeling of this performance.
youtu.be/7EAck0RxStk
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